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Joined April 2011
And when you add "Google" to justify your argument, you know you've already failed and are set to fail a whole new generation of students.
The saffronized re-writing of Indian Education. "Karnataka has proposed teaching all schoolchildren Sanskrit as a third language and introducing Manusmriti.". "Students should be encouraged to question the fake Pythagoras theorem and Newton’s law.". Wow.
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Real threat of wildlife tourism is something only few comprehend: its not merely jeeps temporarily blocking a tiger, its hundreds of small & big lavish resorts & private landowners coming up & fencing off Tiger Reserves - the PERMANENT blockades to wildlife movement we overlook.
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🌳🐘Presenting an overview of the Elephant Corridors of India. First identified in 2005, little is known about them, even scarce is their incorporation in conservation & conflict mitigation planning when compared to tiger corridors. Hi-resolution:
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Absolutely sad. Elephants often roam SACON Coimbatore campus. I hate to say this, but despite measures, this is what happens when institutes are built in elephant country. @Eletell.
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Do "conservationists" really think local communities should lock doors and fold hands and sit in their house or change their errands every time there's a tiger some half a kilometre from their homes? Who's going to pay for their loss of livelihood? Your project grant?.
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turns 15 today! I couldnt write the article I planned to, but glad to have spent some time in the lap of the Western Ghats. Taking this opportunity to share a photobook I created 12 years ago about my explorations in NWG of monsoon:
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A curious case of wildlife conservation is unfolding in a small place called Mahendri, declared a Conservation Reserve (CR) in September'21. It lies along the southernmost edge of the Satpuda Mountains, with TRs Pench to the east, Melghat west, Satpura north & Bor far south.
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With latest available information, here's an overview of the status of elephants and human-ele interactions in India, summarized into a poster. While it lacks specificity, there is plenty to deduce from this nation-wide state-level stats. High-res poster:
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How did we plan like this, elect representatives like this (if at all), to eye a zoo in the most congested of cities, Thane, even as other regions battle human wildlife conflict, droughts & floods, crippling city infra! A ZOO?! What is wrong with people! .
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This is India. Reverence of nature is its pride. Its nature its heritage, its wildlife its spiritual companion. This loris receives obeisance (a tikka) from this sweet family & while the fight to stop poaching & destruction of nature continues, these little acts keep faith alive.
Gray Slender Loris (वनमानव, लाजवंती) was rescued from Nagve, Valpai, Sattari - Goa (very closed to MAHA border). Loris sitting on a wooden compound behind the Chandravati Parwar house. lady had worshiped the animal by offering flowers & Kumkum. (1/2).@ranjeetnature @TamhiniGhat
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A typical case of Greenwashing. Historically replaced rain/evergreen forests by tea estates now vie to get C credit. Has it come to this now: any leaf = C credit? Does it mean lantana lands can also apply? Tea is v. poor in terms of biodiv & among the worst users of pesticides!.
Study to assess #carbonfootprint of India's #tea industry. "For a low-carbon industry like tea, there is much scope for earning carbon credits".
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From the feet of Maikal Kanya to the feet of Brahma Putra, I embark on a journey, with this little news.
A gem of a #manuscript - 2024 . A #book that delves into the Adivasi cultural and post-independence periods, emphasizing the diverse interactions of the Adivasi people with #nature and the impact of external forces—both colonial and state—on their autonomy, culture, and rights
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Kaziranga is an emotion, best captured by the sheer size of its expanse: the view of Himalaya along the shores of Brahmaputra, its megaherbivores, its trees. At the feet of these giants live the little things that run the world, this essay is about them:
My intro to #Kaziranga was thro friends' accounts but especially @karmanomad's Lord of the Grasslands ~10 yrs ago. Now, I'm at the feet of the lords observing those who call it home. Here, I truly grasped my philosophy of Ants to Elephants: At the Feet of the Giants, coming soon.
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Big News: "After the merger, the staff and divisional heads of Project Elephant (PE) will now report to the additional director general of forests (ADGF), Project Tiger (PT), who has now been designated as ADGF (PT&E)".
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There are images of animals dying due to conflict etched in my memory, but it is the images of animals dying due to mankind's wasteful attitude that haunt me, and this image, right where I saw baby turtles return to the sea, is a reminder of our doomed future, so close from home.
A dead dolphin calf washed ashore today on Anjarle Beach, Dapoli. A plastic ring was stuck in the dolphin's beak. fishing net marks on the body. PM revealed the dolphin died due to drowning. may be after being entangled in d net.📸manasi warde.@ben_ifs
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Preposterous! 🍡.
Our Observation of the Day is this #weevil (likely in the genus Camarotus), seen in #Brazil by techuser!. This individual is covered by colorful waxy secretions. More details at: #nature #insects #beetles #biodiversity #entomology
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Elephant corridors is a concept developed on the lines of biological corridors, with an idea that they reduce human-ele conflicts. Central India's first were identified in 2017 & as recently as 2023. What are they & whats their significance? My commentary:
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@susantananda3 Naming and asking people to shame him instead of letting law take its course is shameful coming from a Gov official. 👎.
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On #GlobalTigerDay, my colleagues & I at WWF-India and FES release a small report on understanding wild ungulate activity patterns & livestock depredation by tigers after removal of Lantana camara, an invasive plant, from Kanha Tiger Reserve. Report: (1/4)
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Stray dogs attacking you? Pretend to be a tree. What's next?.Sloth bears attacking you? Pretend to be dead. Tiger attacking you? Pretend to be a monkey and climb a tree. Elephant attacking you? Pretend you never existed.
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Those crying over not seeing tiger in India's Tiger Reserves also need to know just how privileged it is to be on a safari. It is the most expensive tourism industries & has done nothing but alienate locals from benefitting from TRs as recreational space:
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Please pay your interns and assistants, dear biologists. Don't ever think the experience & knowledge you provide compensates a fellow committing hours days months to do your work. Be ethical in your practices the way you portray in your publications. This is the only way forward.
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I'm seeing an amazing trend with many Protected Areas known mostly for birds & mammals taking up citizen science surveys for lesser-known creatures of areas. This is a great beginning coming straight from State Forest Departments. Here's the most recent one from Pench TR MH. 🦋🐛.
🦋 PTR home to 170 species of Butterflies 🦋 Pench Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra recently conducted a butterfly survey through a citizen science initiative in collaboration with Tinsa Ecological Foundation. I am feeling proud that I am also part of this incredible journey.
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A replug & a reminder. Not all is well with India's elephants. Project Ele needs to become a statutory body. Eles are dying but the news is not coming out. Ele Census report is delayed because the population has seen an alarming fall. Chhattisgarh study:.
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Tragic story of wolves, all thanks to incessant increase in sugarcane production, in Pune district. This district is not only seeing an increase in human-leopard conflict, thanks to sugarcane, but it has also wiped out the wolf from Shirur, as this study reports.
One of the most rare observations of the endangered Indian grey wolves is their coexistence with other canines due to increase in leopard population. This study by @godbole_mihir and @neha_panchamiya , Nachiket Awadhani cites various instances of this
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Even as they shape ecosystems, elephants perpetually live in the shadow of man. News of elephant & related human deaths have been constant for years from Chhattisgarh. Since no comprehensive study is in sight, I summarize human-elephant interactions in CG:
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@shreyaraman18 Your reportings on CG are truly appreciated. Thank you for writing and bringing their stories to light.
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Important study showing that grasslands & grassland specialist birds are in decline, but alas, not a single mention of insects :( . What ails grasses ails insects and therefore ails all else. Loking at invertebrate densities & diversities, beyond taxonomic studies, is urgent.
A graph showing annual trends of selected species in grasslands. Large-bodied, specialist birds like the great Indian bustard have shown “strong, consistent declines.” Image courtesy of Bharadwaj, Akshay et. al. Story by @divyakilikar.
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I write about what it means to show a tiger and why tiger tourism needs to be more inclusive & equitable in this global age of wildlife tourism where local communities are increasingly being alienated from access to this national animal.
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@r_gov11 Had read that fruit bats are able to regulate body temps upto 45C, but not for long durations. Its inevitable if such heat waves continue. Mass deaths being reported from several regions, including MP this year. Its alarming. Wonder what can be done other than waiting for rains.
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It's Holi, and I am back in Mahua Country for the festival after three long years. Here's a thread on two articles, an essay on Mahua as a mother Of the people written a decade ago, and a poem on Goddess Mahua written a few years ago. Mahua still fascinates me like no other tree.
Holi festival marks the beginning of the harvest of fresh Mahua flowers for the peoples of central India. This season marks the first foray into the forests to harvest flowers & fruits for the year as summer progresses.
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Restore ecosystems, not build forests. Consider land as space for a community of flora and fauna, not just trees. I discuss role of animals prior to, during & post restoration - from ants to elephants:
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This just in: A *professional & experienced entomologist* required for a project. Stipend: ₹15,000 per month. Is this a joke?! This is also illegal. An entomologist is a Master's holder. It doesn't even cover the basics as per state labour rates.
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What's happening in Pune's sugarcane fields where human-leopard interactions have shot up? What can be learned to better manage the ongoing interactions w/ leopards? Here's an overview some socio-ecological parameters of this conflict. Hi-res poster:
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On the other side of the tragedy of wolves, an uptick in leopard attacks since 2022 is seen in Shirur, in its expanding sugarcane farms. 5 young girls have died since & one injured. Yesterday, sixth girl was attacked but the news is not out yet, most of them sugarcane labourers.
Tragic story of wolves, all thanks to incessant increase in sugarcane production, in Pune district. This district is not only seeing an increase in human-leopard conflict, thanks to sugarcane, but it has also wiped out the wolf from Shirur, as this study reports.
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Asiatic Elephant migrations in the 2020 decade should really be looked at with close scrutiny: are they traveling naturally? Are they being pushed around by developmental pressures? Or are they being pushed around deliberately so that they're someone else's "problem"?.
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@Advaidism What a horrible thing to say, how can someone live with themselves, call themselves an animal lover, lead a group called "people" for animal, and talk like this? Such people should be boycotted from having a public platform.
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I just want to yell this into the void: Calling wildlife tourism ecotourism is greenwashing without any basis whatsoever. Having to reuse towels in cottages while enjoying summer eves in pools in a wilderness, is not ecotourism. Using pool water to water plants is not ecotourism.
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Hello Twitter #WritingCommunity! Im looking for a professional editor based in #India for editing a narrative nonfiction book manuscript. It covers subjects of ecology, sociology, history, politics, & climate change. Please RT, spread the word! DM open. #indianwritingcommunity.
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Its been 6 years since I published this book on insects & spiders of Kanha Tiger Reserve. Im surprised to see it still available online! If you're interested in getting to know this group of cool organisms, do give it a try, or buzz me directly for a copy:
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My intro to #Kaziranga was thro friends' accounts but especially @karmanomad's Lord of the Grasslands ~10 yrs ago. Now, I'm at the feet of the lords observing those who call it home. Here, I truly grasped my philosophy of Ants to Elephants: At the Feet of the Giants, coming soon.
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Spent the weekend waiting for Olive Ridley Sea turtle hatchlings reach for the sea along the Konkan coast. It is mountains that usually moved me, I wasn't prepared for how the sea and the turtles would knock me off my course. Hope to write about it one day soon.
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I feel terrible for the loss of life of a forest official in Telangana & folks fired at along Meghalaya-Assam border. Cant help but look at both cases with same lens. While info is still developing, ppl out here r blaming "tribals" in one case but not administration in the other.
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A gorgeous long-tongued horsefly, Philoliche macquartiana, is feeling up the tarpaulin high up the windward side of the northern Western Ghats of India; the female uses short saw-like mandibles to pierce skin & the long proboscis to drink nectar. @BioInFocus @flygirlNHM
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While most people blame forest fires for the tragic death of Kushre ji, not many are ready to look into or admit how poorly equipped the guards, chowkidars & fire watchers are to stop wildfires. Every such death, which happen at least once a year, need to be investigated.
Sh. Rajendra Kusre (Forester in Dindori) fought the Forest Fire 🔥 in his area the whole night. This took heavy toll on his health, & ultimately he lost his life. Heartfelt condolences to the Forest Martyr 🇮🇳💐. ॐ शांति 🙏
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An article by a reluctant naturalist for all naturalists - on what makes one a naturalist & the realisation of what it means to be a naturalist, set in the beautiful backdrop of late-winter Kaziranga:. PS. Its not about ants or elephants, & there's a poem.
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Beautiful thread on one of the most iconic trees of Central India, a tree that is both ecologically and economically important to the region, I call it the mother of all trees, esp in Central India!.
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As India celebrates its tigers, and rightly so, in the Vindhya of central India, a small wildlife sanctuary is seeing a population jump in tigers from 27 in 2018 to 56 in 2022, far from any existing Tiger Reserve. Ratapani is an example of tiger conservation done right. (1/6).
A lovely documentary on the world's first urban tigers thriving on the outskirts of the city of Bhopal in India. A tale of adaptation and coexistence.
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Good piece on migratory beekeepers but the article fails to mention that not all farms need exotic bees & that in biodiverse areas, exotic bees outcompete native pollinators. @MongabayIndia w/ conservation news as its main goal must to give more context.
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No particular human-wildlife interaction is the same, yet we in the NGO sector treat it as a linear problem:. NGO ➡️ State Forest Dept ➡️ Locals. This hasnt & doesn't work in the long run. A multi-sectoral collab is warranted to really reduce what is termed as conflict.
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When will mainstream organisations who focus on conservation-centric livelihoods realise that introduction of poultry farms, pigs, goats, apiary & introduction of fish (eg rohu, katla) are *NOT* conservation interventions but introduction of invasives in an endangered habitat?.
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@Poonam_Datta That's a sand wasp (Bembicini), who nest solitarily in soils. What she is carrying is a paralysed grasshopper, which she will bury in her nest & lay an egg on it so that her progeny, the grub, eats it as it grows. The wasp itself feeds on nectar of flowers and aids in pollination.
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Extremely concerning, none of the conservationists would talks about this like they did for the leopard being harassed by people and chide that these very people would then cry fowl when a leopard turns a man-eater. Here's a concerning case of sugarcane leopards from the Terai.
Leopard kills boy in Bijnor, 16th killing in 9 months
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The tiger est. for India are 🤯 at ~3,682 but (thats what I do) the no. are ever so skewed. A quick look at how these 3.5k tigers are distributed in numbers. Many high density areas (beyond carrying cap?) & lots of empty TRs. More analysis from 2018 stats:
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India lost 10 Great Indian Bustards per year since 2008. Latest est. of 2018 put their nos <150. Grasslands remain threatened & its specialists on the brink of extinction. While I lament for cheetahs far from home, my worry for this ecosystem only grows:.
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24/7 surveillance is increasingly becoming popular in wildlife conservation in India, in the name of HWC mitigation & to "curb wildlife offences, including poaching" - surveillance tech is unwarranted & invasion of privacy for forest dependent communities.
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Central India's elephants keep rewriting history! This time in Vidarbha. It is time to redraw elephant boundaries for India. Kudos to the efforts of forest dept, NGOs like SAGE, and local communities living through a new era in Central India.
The herd with the new born in Wadsa, MH. @ranjeetnature @vijaypTOI @JournoMudholkar @LokmatTimes_ngp @AniruddhaHD @MahaForest @SMungantiwar @rameshpandeyifs
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Instead of making sure the habitat is protected for future rewilding, the agenda seems to be set to denotify an important & only one of the three gharial sanctuaries of MP. The beauty of Son here is unparalleled in eastern Central India, to let be dredged is to kill a river!.
Son Gharial Sanctuary facing threat of donotification frm Sand mafia & also due to absence of any male ghadiyal here. Thr is no increase in number. In 2017 all male Gharials wr washed away possibly whn water ws suddenly released frm Bansagar dam. Similarly in 2022 too. @byadavbjp
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Why is a 'Ringed' bird being caught? It appears to be a McQueen's Bustard, a Vulnerable species that migrates to India beginning winter from Central/West Asia. The ring (aluminum, nothing spy worthy) seems to be from Abu Dhabi where this bird is found & protected. @rinkitagurav.
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In a critical culturally and naturally diverse region of northern Chhattisgarh, along the Ramgarh hills leading up to the Chhota Nagpur Plateau, coal triumphs over tigers and elephants. (It was expected, the delay was intentional, now the intent is clear.).
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Last week I travelled to the most daunting mountains of Central India, Melghat. Even as I heard courting tigers from the historic Sipna Resthouse, I was here to talk about insects & spiders, & an idea on urban biodiversity I was pondering upon took shape:
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"A proposal has been sent . to extend the area by 550 sqkm so that cheetahs can run in adequate space." Makes me wonder what the Cheetah Action Plan was all about. Meanwhile, GIB ex situ pop grows with no safe space in the wild. This is Conservation of the Convenient.
Kuno National Park likely to be extended by 550 sq km
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‘Missing wildlife, animals not released in habitat’: NGO that ran Pune zoo rescue centre under govt lens: >300 animals missing, rescued endangered animals restrained at the zoo! I do hate zoos. via @theprintindia.
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In the company of giants; three field guides to have: 1. Wildlife of South India 2. Moths of India and 3. Spider genera of India. Somewhere in central Western Ghats, I met the giant Arthrosphaera, an endemic blue pill millipede - a group that also deserves it's own book
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"India has been ranked at the bottom in a list of 180 countries that were judged for their environmental performances in the 2022 Environmental Performance Index (EPI)".#WorldEnvironmentDay.
India ranks at the bottom in a list of 180 countries in the 2022 Environmental Performance Index, jointly brought out by the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy and Columbia’s Earth Institute.(Doubtless, MEA will now question its methodology).
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@vijaypTOI @mieknathshinde @Dev_Fadnavis @nitin_gadkari @PMOIndia @wii_india @NHAI_Official @maha_governor @SunilWarrier1 It's such a shame that a highway was constructed so haphazardly without any concern for wild animals.
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Interns having Masters' with job requirements of a full-fledged biologist, for 15k a month 😓.
Engagement of (3) Interns (Indian nationals only) on contractual basis for subject areas: Ornithology, Ecology and Graphic Designing in the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Cell at WII.
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This is no doubt a good initiative, but it should also acknowledge the historic atrocities upon tribal communities forced by colonial powers to take up paddy & wheat for export to Europe. Millets was forcefully replaced by substandard grains & has affected the peoples' severely.
Based on India’s proposal UN declared 2023 as International Year of Millets. It starts from today to raise awareness and to bring back millets on your table.
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Always watch where you get your source of information from, especially when it comes to insects that are grossly generalized as "pests." I did a simple "How many species of mosquitoes are dangerous to humans?" on Google. (1/4)
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A Barn Owl seems to be stuck inside Raipur Airport. A strictly nocturnal bird, it is flying about looking for a place to hide in the daytime. It doesn't look pleased to be here and is in need of rescue and rehabilitation. @aairprairport @AAI_Official
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Visited Pench w/ excellent naturalists for Mowgli's Trail, looking at the Seonee Wolf Pack's habitat & talking of Mowgli. Wrote a poem on Pench, an ode to Collarwali & stories from The Jungle Book, & it happens to be #WorldPoetryDay & #WorldWildlifeDay:
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My laptop is dead. While I have my working file, I did not back-up literature in the last month or so. So here's a quaint little Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher from the muddy, well-wooded and liana-ed streams from around Mumbai to mark this tragedy.
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It hurts so much to see this, but I'm going to go in a limb that there's pain and suffering on the human side of conflict too. There are no winners until a balance is struck, and unfortunately, it's easier said than done. Animals seeking water in pain has a lot to teach us. 💔.
A wild boar was seriously injured by a country bomb in Sacord, Goa. 📸 Ramesh zarmekar .@TheWesternGhat @ranjeetnature @tweetsvirat @TamhiniGhat @singh_sonu
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@ssingapuri Not to be a spoilsport but feeding from cars even if offroad results in monkeys getting habituated with cars = food. They then come on roads where people feed them right on the highways too. Ppl who take pleasure in this should also witness the aftermath:
Hit and Run . In a gut-wrenching moment, a mother bonnet rhesus macaque was hit by a speeding car on the Marayoor-Udumalpet road, #TamilNadu in the Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary. The profusely bleeding mother continued to feed her baby. 📷: Augustin S.P.
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@BrankoMilan Well, still doesn't justify deaths and hiding of deaths of the labourers while evidence based stories exist on these happening on a grand scale. Also, if expensive than a Euro country, how did most of Asian/Africans found this convenient? Short distance-cheap fair? Doesnt add up.
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Kuno doesn't have enough prey base to sustain more than 15 cheetahs, and now India scampers to find other areas to house the next lot, this time at the relatively young tiger reserve of Mukundra in Rajasthan.
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Sigh, I have seen destruction of Kolshet right through my young adult life. I lamented for it a decade ago. Its shocking that despite the legal protection provided over the years to all mangroves, the destruction is still ongoing.
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Its irrelevant what WLPA Status a species has if the culprits arent going to be booked. It appears development folks are immune to WLPA1972 while tribal & other backward communities r jailed for petty crimes. Over the years, where "conservationists" stand is becoming very clear!.
Sad to see this picture of our schedule one animal Blackbucks.Hope to see .retrofitting mitigation measures soon.
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This highlights the big picture of ecosystem threats not highlighted by an uptick in tiger numbers. It is also indicative of the decline of insects across ecosystems. To focus on a species (eg tiger) over a community of animals is an outdated measure of conservation success.
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#HasdeoArand has been in the news for the last decade for coal mining amidst culturally & ecologically vital forests. But what is Hasdeo Arand? Where is it? Here’s a primer on this region. Hasdeo Arand is in the state of CG, in a prominent region of coal deposits. (In 17 tweets).
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Mumbai University is (was?) known for its marine science programme. The total absence of academic scientists/professors on ground, nor a single comment, is astounding. News reports are dominated by non-experts. Where are Maharashtra's marine biologists?! @Pugdandee.
Maharashtra: Beached five-ton calf dies despite whale of an effort | Mumbai News - Times of India
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This is such a wondering piece to read - documentation is so important! I'd be happy to help document for community rights in India. India has a lot of potential through BDA, 2002 and FRA 2006 to realise not only the natural but also the cultural significance of natural spaces.
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Thank you for an insight into this life and skill, I had no idea cross-pollination by humans was such an important part of our every-day diet. This is an eye-opener and a very intimately worded piece, definitely one of my favourites!.
[Thread] Last week we published a story of Ratnavva - an expert hand-pollinator who is taking on casteist custom and doing everything she can to educate her children. To earn Rs. 200 a day she has to pollinate okra plants on fields covering 3-acres. 1/
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There's a special place in hell for those who treat elephants as a commodity to be owned and trucked around. God is watching you.
The central government, against all advice, amended the Wildlife Act in 2022 to ease trade and transport of elephants, which was previously disallowed. Two years on, here we are, with elephants being freely batted about the country like WhatsApp forwards. What a shame! Must stop!.
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The story of the year. Neocolonialism. "The Gates Foundation and PATH did not respond to an emailed questionnaire . on the advocacy for mandatory fortification, . and its potential side effects on vulnerable populations, including those with sickle cell anaemia.".
NEW series in Wire. Part 1.What happens when Govt tries to solve malnutrition by giving fortified rice? ."Can we eat it, when birds don't?" Adivasi farmers ask can they trust fortified rice when it lacks all qualities, texture, goodness of whole grains .
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Another lesson in how not to write an article on human-wildlife conflict, of course from TOI. The article condescendingly portrays this as a record; instead of "request" to people who very dearly depend on forest, are being "warned" not to enter forests.
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The objectification of non-humans, whether dead or alive - a disease spread by online social media, driven by the insecurities of FOMO, & by a lack of emotional attachment to nature, is a neglected illness. There's no quick fix for it but to monitor & delete the content.
A popular Australian beach has descended into chaos after tourists flocked to take selfies with dying stranded pilot whales. "It's pretty disgusting down there. You've got kids sitting on dead whales & riding them like ponies & people are taking photos.".
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Kyasanur Forest Disease, an endemic viral haemorrhagic fever in southern-central Western Ghats, is spread by ticks, now spreading to other parts. Researchers, especially ecologists, who work in this region need to take KFD vaccine & utmost care to prevent tick bites.
Deforestation and significant alterations in land use and ecological dynamics have brought Kyasanur Forest Disease into closer proximity to human populations. @ArathimenonM reports:
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A must read, brilliant reporting: "they were selling carbon credits to oil and gas companies in high-income countries across the world" even as CO2, deforestation increased, river ecology changed & locals received no benefits. C credits is an utterly corrupt mechanism.
🚨new story!.Companies in developed countries pollute. To mitigate, they buy carbon credits from renewables elsewhere. We follow 2 dams in kinnaur, HP that sold such credits & find that the sale didn't offset carbon + caused harm to the local ecology .
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What an absolutely trekkable weather in Mumbai today. Stuck in my room with work, I'm remembering claiming Mahuli, Thane district's tallest peak, one such rainy day 12 years ago:
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The Hunting Trophies Bill is being discussed in the UK, for Africa. One of the arguments is that without trophy hunting, which brings international revenue, retaliatory killing, which doesn't & wantonly kills scores of animals, will escalate.
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Ban Elephant Safaris. This is no way to treat a being. This form of tourism shouldn't exist, & needs to be criminalized under WLPA1972. Eventually Camel and Horse rides also need to be banned. Rehabilitate this animals under strict regulations. CZA has a lot of work to do.
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Move aside cringe AI! This is the real, bizarre, and weirdly natural beauty!.
We've seen the world's largest flowers on this expedition into the Sumatran rainforest. Now for the strangest: a very rare flower called Rhizanthes deceptor, seen by few, and found only in this wilderness. Here they call it a star, and it lit up our day.
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Gujarat won't share its lions with the neighbouring state with which it shares the climate & ecology, but wants a herd of elephants from rainforests of North East India to the dry arid region of Western India. Excellent example of Want triumphing Conservation/Need over Ethics.
10 Elephant sent to Gujarat from Arunachal Pradesh. What is the need to send Elephants from Northeast to Gujarat. ?? @byadavbjp @moefcc @ArunachalCMO @ArunForests @rahconteur @sangbarooahpish @utpal_parashar @Jairam_Ramesh @pradyutbordoloi @DsaikiaOfficial @KirenRijiju 🐘🐘🐘
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Instagram animals are mostly not real - just the way most i'gram posts arent real. Most animals live on farms & suffer abuse & live in appalling conditions when not being photographed - not that it matters to i'grammers, but be informed about animal abuse - read this piece.
The Ugly Truth About the Wild Animals of Instagram. Many of the thrilling photographs of bears, wolves, and tigers on your social media feeds are taken at game farms — places critics say are the exotic-animal equivalent of puppy mills. Story:
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Studying transboundary ele movement is important to address human-ele interaction. Based on info in this thread, I visualise whats happening along Bihar (India)-Nepal border. Arrows indicate known elephant movement & resulting crop damage in two villages. More info in map alt.
Will this be a Catch 22 situation or will India and Nepal act on it to immediately compensate the farmers for their loss? . "I cannot understand how my family will survive. Maize cultivation is our main source of livelihood.".
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Wildlife corridors are more than just passages for animals to pass through. These are remnants of forests with long and deep cultural histories and fluid boundaries, and should be treated differently than Protected Areas:
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And understood what it all means, from grass to the mountains, the Sahyadri of the monsoon:
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That is a cool way to study adult gall insects.
Spring emergence of Belonocnema #wasps from live #oak root #galls in the lab @RiceUniversity. (cc-@wasp_venom)
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